Here’s my latest project with Zelador and Zeloso: Since last Friday I’ve taken Z and Z to the arena (always need a helper to get them to and fro) and worked with them at liberty for ten minutes (no more …
More things to do with your mat work! Once you start thinking differently about how you train the possibilities are endless. Take for instance horse agility obstacles.
Horse agility seems to be becoming increasingly popular. After watching a video on …
Winsong Farms Autumnal Fundraiser is for Perfectly Stable. There are two performances: Saturday September 28th and Sunday October 6th (both days starting at 2:00).
Pre-registration only. Pre-register by contacting Winnie Stott at winsong.farm@routcom.com
The cost is $10 per person.…
Here are a few photos taken by Ellen Cameron recently. I particularly like the “white blur”!…
Norman Thelwell began to sketch at an early age on visits to a Welsh Farm preferring painting and drawing to other school subjects.
In the last few blogs, we have been learning about the foundation exercise of standing on a mat. Now, I’d like to show you how you can use this foundation exercise in different ways to help train a variety of …
Ron Marino took these photos of Sally’s horse, Roany, and his farm-mate.
A few months ago I introduced Roany, age 18ish, to some of our games. He took to them instantly. This horse rolls out the carpet like a pro. …
Just for fun I placed Zelador on his pedestal and looked for some of the name cards. I found a large “Zelador” card (8” x 10”), a “Winnie” card and a small “Zelador” card (3” x 8”).
I put them …
This weekend a friend dropped by, Ellen Cameron. She has horses and is a photographer. I’m looking forward to seeing the photos she took of Zelador in the arena doing a variety of things. At one point he did the …
Hopefully you had some fun and success playing with targeting to the mat, but possibly you have one of those horses who has some issues from being MADE to do stuff and so is very afraid to try it. In …
During the past week I’ve brought out the five large pliable feed tubs (with the large hole in the bottom) to practice “in the middle”. Sue and I set them up Monday for Zelador to walk through. We were puzzling …
Nine days ago Mike Charters had a massive heart attack while shipping horses. In true Mike fashion he pulled the rig over, stopped on the side of the road insuring that his cargo was safe, then died. Bill and I …
Reckless (actually a large pony according to some reports) carried ammunition, wounded men, and also helped lay phone cables amidst gunfire and bombs.
Welcome to Sable Island, a fascinating, frightening, windswept watery grave for thousands of helpless sailors, and home to the hardiest equines imaginable.
Why on earth would I want to teach my horse to stand on a mat? At first glance, it seems like an easy enough thing to do, and perhaps it is, if you only look at the “big picture” and …
